Become a Certified Data Protection Officer in just 3 days with accelerated data protection officer training from Firebrand. Get your Data Protection Officer qualification at twice the speed and sit the official PECB Certified Data Protection Officer Exam onsite at the Firebrand Training Centre.
On this Certified Data Protection Officer course, you'll cover the fundamentals of GDPR. You'll then learn how to build, maintain and operate a compliance programme to fulfill the requirements of GDPR and other regulatory requirements for your oganisation. You'll also examine the tasks peformed by a Data Protection Officer and other members of the organisation to ensure compliance in an efficient manner over time.
Learn how to adapt your organisation to become GDPR-compliant and implement privacy policies, procedures, working instructions, consent forms and data protection impact assessments.
Key learning objectives for your accelerated Data Protection Officer training are:
With this accelerated data protection officer training, you'll prepare for and sit the official PECB Certified Data Protection Officer Exam. This is covered by your Certification Guarantee.
This accelerated Data Protection Officer course is ideal for:
GDPR applies to organisations within the EU, as well as all those that handle personal data of EU citizens. If your organisation's core activities require regular and systematic monitoring of individuals on a large scale - like tracking an individual's behaviour on the internet - you must appoint a Data Protection Officer.
Cut the risk of prosecution in the event of a data breach - breaches of EU regulations by multinationals could result in fines of £20 million or 4% of worldwide gross turnover.
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Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.
Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.
This information has been provided as a helpful tool for candidates considering training. Courses that include certification come with a certification guarantee. Pass first time or train again for free (just pay for accommodation and exams on your return). We do not make any guarantees about personal successes or benefits of obtaining certification. Benefits of certification determined through studies do not guarantee any particular personal successes.
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Core considerations for the GDPR
Roles, obligations, and processing activities
Once the fundamentals of GDPR are covered, the course then focuses on the implementation, operation and maintenance of a programme to ensure GDPR compliance and to allow the organisation to fulfil multiple legal and regulatory requirements.
Initiating the GDPR compliance program
Prepare for the implementation of the GDPR compliance program
Management approval
Data protection policy
Data mapping
Risk assessment
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
Documentation management
Awareness and communication
Data protection controls
Incident reporting and management
Consent and subject access request
Transfer of data
Data protection and technology
Monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation
Corrective actions
Continual improvement and maintenance of compliance
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You'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
You'll be tested on the following domains:
This Data Protection Officer exam is open book - you can take any PECB issued material and notes made during the course into the exam.
Your PECB Certified Data Protection Officer exam meets the full requirements of the PECB Examination and Certification Programme (ECP).
Upon successful completion of the exam, you can apply for the credentials outlined in the table below. These are based on professional experience, information security and/or data protection experience as well as the signing of the PECB Code of Ethics.
You can gain the PECB Provisional Data Protection Officer credential with no experience. However, to gain the PECB Certified Data Protection Officer credential, you must have the necessary experience detailed in the table below.
Credential |
Exam |
Professional Experience |
Data Protection project Experience |
Other Requirements |
PECB Provisional Data Protection Officer |
PECB Certified Data Protection Officer exam |
None |
None |
Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
PECB Certified Data Protection Officer |
PECB Certified Data Protection Officer exam |
Five years of industry experience, two of which must have been in Data Protection |
Data Protection activities: a total of 300 hours |
Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
For your Data Protection project activities to be eligible they should align to the following activities:
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You'll receive the following as part of your accelerated Data Protection Officer training:
Firebrand Training offers top-quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on their studies and certification goals.
Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.
Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.
Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year. Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.
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Before attending this accelerated Data Protection Officer course, you should understand GDPR basics and have knowledge of current legal requirements for data protection.
Although there are no prerequisites for you to sit the course, in order to achieve the Certified DPO credential you'll need to meet a range of requirements. Upon successful completion of the exam, you can apply for the credentials outlined in the table below. These are based on professional experience, information security and/or data protection experience as well as the signing of the PECB Code of Ethics.
You can gain the PECB Provisional Data Protection Officer credential with no experience. However, to gain the PECB Certified Data Protection Officer credential, you must have the necessary experience detailed in the table below.
Credential |
Exam |
Professional Experience |
Data Protection project Experience |
Other Requirements |
PECB Provisional Data Protection Officer |
PECB Certified Data Protection Officer exam |
None |
None |
Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
PECB Certified Data Protection Officer |
PECB Certified Data Protection Officer exam |
Five years of industry experience, two of which must have been in Data Protection |
Data Protection activities: a total of 300 hours |
Signing the PECB Code of Ethics |
Don’t worry - we’ll discuss your technical background, experience and qualifications to determine whether this accelerated course suits you.
Just call us on +971 4 3199019 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants.
Firebrand is an immersive environment and requires commitment. Some prerequisites are simply guidelines; you may find your unique experience, attitude and determination enables you to succeed on your accelerated course.
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"I found the experience a valuable, comfortable and informative one. It was a very new approach to training from my perspective, but an excellent one."
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"A good facility - well catered for and professionally run; with a lively tutor."
Philip Thompson, YASA. (24/6/2019 to 26/6/2019)
"This course, though very intense and at some moments daunting, was structured and delivered in a direct, practical and rather productive way."
Sandra Martinez, Computacenter. (24/6/2019 to 26/6/2019)
"Very intense course. Excellent instructor"
Anonymous. (8/5/2019 to 10/5/2019)
"Its been an amazing experience and worthy of my time and money"
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